![]() ![]() ![]() It’s exactly the kind of high-stakes juvenile drama I look for in YA! But despite the stakes and the characters’ “now or never” attitudes, there’s no sense of urgency to the film. It’s an intriguing premise: one day to find love and your path. Between appointments, these two tumble through Chinatown, to a black hair care shop in Harlem, to a karaoke room, and a riverside city park, along the way finding a connection they can’t deny. So Daniel pleads for one day to change her mind. There’s just one (more) problem, Natasha doesn’t believe in love. And when he spots Natasha in Grand Central Station wearing a bomber jacket with “deus ex machina” embroidered on it, he believes he’s found his muse or his soul mate or maybe both. But secretly, Daniel dreams of being a writer. Also 17, he’s on his way to a college interview that could put him on the path to being a doctor, which would make his Korean immigrant parents very proud. But these plans are derailed when a hit-and-run meet-cute introduces her to Daniel Bae (Charles Melton). ![]() To stay in the New York she loves, Natasha plans to spend her last day meeting with caseworkers, lawyers, and whoever else she must to get a reversal on the deportation order. Tomorrow, her family will return to Jamaica, which is technically her homeland but not her home. But unfortunately, The Sun Is Also A Star fell far short of my expectations, offering a romance that never manages to shine.ĭirected by Before I Fall helmer Ry Russo-Young, The Sun Is Also A Star begins with 17-year-old Natasha Kingsley (Shahidi), an aspiring scientist who fears her life and career ambitions will be derailed because of her parents’ impending deportation. Bonus: it stars Grown-ish’s Yara Shahidi and Riverdale’s Charles Melton, two performers who’ve shown a compelling charisma on their respective series. Plus, this one was based on a YA novel by Nicola Yoon, the author behind Everything Everything, an adaptation that had me swooning. I’m a sucker for an even half-decent romance, and as a long-time New Yorker can’t get enough of seeing love stories spilled across our boroughs. A hopeless romantic meets a hard-nosed realist, and together they fall in love while making New York City their playground. ![]() For more details about the prize and to enter, head to the show’s Charitybuzz page and make a donation before Tuesday at 3 p.m.On paper, The Sun Is Also A Star looked like the kind of movie I’d totally fall for. The experience, which is on the calendar for May 8, will also give its one lucky winner and a guest the opportunity to watch the group of “Bachelor” alums film a project that they currently have in the works. Providence native Jared Haibon and his fiancee Ashley Iaconetti, as well as fellow Bachelor Nation couple Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert will all be on the premises for the grand prize: a meet-and-greet, photo opp and behind-the-scenes look at the property that’s been the site of so much binge-worthy drama. A Charitybuzz campaign is offering up the chance to visit the ABC show’s famous mansion and to meet some of the series’ favorite cast members from the past. In addition to seeing the duo grace Cosmo’s glossy pages this month, you can catch them as they both star in the upcoming movie “The Sun Is Also a Star” when it hits theaters May 17.īACHELOR PAD: Listen up, “Bachelor” junkies, because there’s currently a contest running that could get you little piece of fan-paradise. Actors Charles Melton, whom you may recognize from his role as Reggie Mantle on the CW’s “Riverdale,” and Yara Shahidi, a Harvard student who also happens to play Zoey Johnson on the ABC sitcom “Black-ish” and its spin-off “Grown-ish,” posed in the local watering hole for the publication’s “Cool Kids” piece. To find more information and try to secure your spot, check out Kimpton’s page about its Off the Record series.īAR ANTICS: Speaking of the Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel and its Better Sorts Social Club, the aforementioned cocktail bar apparently hosted Cosmopolitan for the magazine’s May cover story photoshoot. They also are available by purchasing a VIP package. Tickets to the performance are limited, but they’re open to the public and are free through a variety of avenues, including entering a contest or redeeming Kimpton points. The hotel’s lounge, Better Sorts Social Club, will host the singer, a Berklee alum hailing from Australia whose hits include “If You’re Hearing This,” “Human Touch,” “All Things” (the revamped theme song for Netflix’s “Queer Eye” reboot), as well as her bomb cover of Donna Lewis’ “I Love You Always Forever.” The intimate gig is just part of a new music series, Off the Record, that Kimpton is hosting in six cities this spring. WHO’S WHO: We’re told that pop singing sensation Betty Who is set to play an exclusive show at the Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel on Thursday night, before she takes center stage at the Berklee Performing Arts Center for the rest of Boston the following evening. ![]()
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